JPH0113584B2 - - Google Patents

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (A) Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a station name printing device for printing a station name on a ticket such as a coupon ticket inserted into an automatic ticket gate.

(B) Prior Art Generally, automatic ticket gates are equipped with a station name printing device for printing station names on tickets such as coupon tickets. This station name printing device prints a station name by bringing a printing head into contact with the surface of an inserted ticket.

By the way, inserting the ticket into the automatic ticket gate is optional. Further, the ticket as shown in FIG. 1a is conveyed in the longitudinal direction in an automatic ticket gate. Therefore, there are four possible transport methods: front and back, and forward and reverse. With conventional station name printing equipment,
As described in Publication No. 89500, there is a boarding station name printing head for the front and back, and the front and back are printed separately. In addition, for forward and reverse, print text information for both forward and reverse use (fare, etc.) on the front of the ticket, print the station name without considering the forward or reverse direction, and print the text information that matches the station name and direction. I'm trying to make it readable.

On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 1b and 1c, some station names are printed in the same direction regardless of the order or reverse.

(C) Problems to be Solved by the Invention In the conventional station name printing device of an automatic ticket gate, no matter which direction the ticket is inserted, it prints in the same direction. For this reason, the tickets applied to this station name printing device are preprinted with character information for both forward and reverse use on the surface of the ticket so that the station name can be printed regardless of whether the ticket is inserted in the forward or reverse direction. The issue was that the necessary text information was included, making the display on the ticket complicated and unsightly.

In addition, with the printing device shown in Fig. 1 b and c, the station name is printed in the center of the ticket, but it is also possible to print the station name in the center of the ticket, but it is not possible to print the station name on the center of the ticket, but it also overlaps with the characters already printed on the ticket, such as the words "couple ticket" and the characters indicating the fare amount. It is printed rotated 90 degrees. Therefore, there was a problem that the printed ticket at the boarding station gave a strange feeling.

This invention was made in view of the above, and the boarding station name is printed in the same direction as the already printed characters for tickets inserted in any direction, and in addition, unnecessary characters are printed on the ticket in advance. The purpose is to provide a station name printing device for automatic ticket gates that does not need to be printed.

(d) Means and operation for solving the problem The station name printing device for an automatic ticket gate of the present invention has a station name printing device for an automatic ticket gate in which a ticket with directional characters printed in advance is inserted.
In an automatic ticket gate that prints the station name on the ticket, a ticket with directional characters printed in advance is inserted, and in the automatic ticket gate that prints the station name on the ticket, the characters representing the station name are printed in two directions: forward and reverse. Two printing heads arranged in such a way as to be able to print, and a ticket insertion direction determination method that determines the insertion direction of a ticket on which the directional characters are printed by reading direction information provided in advance on the ticket. means and
It is characterized by a driving means for driving a corresponding print head so as to print the station name in the same direction as the characters previously printed on the surface of the ticket based on the above-mentioned determination result.

Therefore, in the station name printing device for an automatic ticket gate according to the present invention, when a ticket is inserted, the direction information given to the ticket in advance is read to determine whether the ticket is inserted in the forward or backward direction. Then, depending on whether the direction is forward or backward, the station name is printed by adjusting the direction of the directional characters printed on the front of the ticket.

(e) Embodiments The present invention will be explained in detail below with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a boarding station name printing section of a station name printing device for an automatic ticket gate, which is an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 2, 1 is a ticket stopper, 2 is a ticket, 3 is a forward station name print head, and 4 is a reverse station name print head. The coupon tickets 2 and the like are conveyed from right to left. When a ticket is inserted, a magnetic head (not shown) provided on the right side of this figure reads the magnetic information on the back of the ticket, and if it is a ticket, the ticket stopper 1 is projected into the ticket transport path, and the ticket 2 is inserted. Stop at the position shown in the figure. As shown in FIG. 3a, the inserted coupon ticket has the words "ticket" and "100 yen" printed in advance in a directional manner. When reading the magnetic information, it is determined whether the coupon ticket 2 is being transported in the forward or reverse direction, so if it is in the forward direction,
The forward station name printing head 3 is operated to print the boarding station name as shown in FIG. 3b. If it is in the opposite direction, operate the reverse direction station name printing head 4 and
Print the boarding station name like this.

FIG. 4 is a circuit block diagram of the station name printing apparatus of this embodiment, and the same numbers as in FIG. 2 indicate the same parts. Stopper 1, forward station name printing head 3, reverse station name printing head 4, and magnetic head 5
is controlled by a central processing unit (CPU) 6. Specific control is performed according to the control flowchart shown in FIG.

In the station name printing apparatus shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, when a ticket is inserted, the stopper 11 shown in FIG. 5 receives a signal from the magnetic head 5 to read the magnetic information on the ticket. Next step 1
In step 2, it is determined whether the inserted ticket is a coupon ticket. If it is not a coupon ticket, nothing is done and the process moves to another routine process (not shown). If it is a coupon ticket, the stopper 1 is turned on in step 13 to project it into the ticket conveyance path and stop the coupon ticket 2 at the printing position. In step 14, the process waits for 0.1 seconds until the ticket 2 reaches the printing position and stabilizes. Next, in step 15, it is determined whether the coupon ticket 2 has been conveyed in the forward direction or in the reverse direction. If the forward direction is determined, the forward direction station name printing head 3 is turned on in step 16, and the printing shown in FIG. 3b is performed on the coupon ticket 2. At step 17, a 0.1 second wait is made for printing, and at step 18, the forward station name printing head 3 is turned off. In step 22, the process waits for 50 milliseconds until the forward station name printing head 3 returns, and in step 23, the stopper 1 is turned off to finish printing the boarding station name.

If it is determined in step 15 that the direction is backward, in step 19 the reverse direction station name printing head 4 is turned on, and in step 20 the process waits for 0.1 seconds, which is the time required for printing.
In step 21, the reverse direction station name printing head 4 is turned off, and the process proceeds to step 22. The rest is the same as in the case of forward direction determination.

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a printing section of a station name printing device for an automatic ticket gate, which is another embodiment of the present invention. Tickets and the like are conveyed from right to left. Furthermore, a magnetic head (not shown) is provided on the right side of the figure. In FIG. 6, reference numeral 30 denotes a forward stopper, which projects into the ticket conveyance path during operation and stops tickets in the forward direction. Reference numeral 31 is a stopper for the reverse direction, which projects into the ticket conveyance path during operation and stops tickets in the reverse direction. Further, a forward station name printing head 32 and a reverse station name printing head 33 are arranged on both sides with a date printing head 34 in the center.

During operation, the forward station name printing head 32 prints the boarding station name on the forward ticket that is stopped by the forward stopper 30. Further, the reverse direction station name printing head 33 prints the boarding station name on the reverse direction ticket stopped by the reverse direction stopper 31 during operation.

The date printing head 34 is connected to the forward direction stopper 3.
The date can be printed in each direction on both the forward direction ticket stopped by 0 and the reverse direction ticket stopped by the reverse direction stopper 31. The technology is patented in 1982.
- see application no. 145969).

According to this embodiment of the station name printing device, not only the boarding station name but also the date can be printed at a predetermined position and in a predetermined direction. The face of the note printed in the reverse direction and the face of the note printed in the forward direction are respectively number 7.
Shown in Figures a and b.

FIG. 8 shows a circuit block diagram of the station name printing apparatus of the embodiment shown in FIG. 6, and the same numbers as in FIG. 6 indicate the same parts. The forward direction stopper 30, the reverse direction stopper 31, the forward direction station name printing head 32, the reverse direction station name printing head 33, the date printing head 34, and the magnetic head 35 are connected to the central processing unit (CPU) 3.
6. Specific control is performed according to the control flowchart shown in FIG.

In the embodiment station name printing device shown in FIGS. 6 and 8,
When a ticket is inserted, the magnetic information on the ticket is read by receiving a signal from the magnetic head 35 in step 41 shown in FIG. Next step 42
Then, it is determined whether the inserted ticket is a coupon ticket or not. If it is not a coupon ticket, nothing is done and the process moves to another routine process (not shown). If it is a coupon ticket, it is further determined in step 43 whether or not the coupon ticket is in the forward direction. If it is in the forward direction, the forward direction stopper 30 is activated in step 44 to project into the ticket conveyance path and stop the coupon. In step 45, the process waits for 0.1 seconds until the coupon ticket comes to a complete stop. Then, in step 46, the forward station name printing head 32 is turned on to print, and in step 47, the date printing head 34 prints the date on the ticket in the forward direction.

Further, in step 48, a 0.1 second wait is performed for printing, and in step 49, the forward direction station name printing head 32 is turned off. In step 50, a 50 msec wait is performed for the forward direction station name printing head 32 to return to its original position, and in step 51, the forward direction stopper 30 is turned off. This completes the printing of the boarding station name.

If the determination in step 43 is in the opposite direction, the reverse direction stopper 31 is turned on in step 52 to project it into the ticket conveyance path, and further, in step 53, the ticket is stopped by the reverse direction stopper 31.
Wait for 0.1 seconds, then in step 54,
The reverse station name printing head 33 is turned on to print the station name, and in step 55, the date printing head 34 prints the date in the reverse direction on the ticket. Furthermore, in step 56, a waiting time of 0.1 seconds is set for printing.
In step 57, the reverse direction station name printing head 33 is turned off. In step 58, the program waits for 50 milliseconds until the reverse direction station name printing head 33 returns to its original position, and then in step 59, the reverse direction stopper 31 is turned off.

In addition, in any of the above embodiments, the case where printing is performed for a coupon ticket when the ticket is inserted with the front side facing up has been explained as an example, but when the coupon ticket is inserted with the back side facing up. You can also print the boarding station name using the same idea as above. Note that the above explanation will be omitted.

Note that in the above embodiment, the direction of the ticket is determined based on magnetically recorded information, but the information for determining the direction of the ticket may be other than magnetic recording, for example, optical recording or other information. Needless to say.

(F) Effects of the Invention As explained above, the automatic ticket gate station name printing device of the present invention can print all the station names printed in the same direction as the pre-printed characters, regardless of the method of inserting the ticket. This method has the advantage that tickets with the same printing pattern and a natural impression can be obtained.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of printing a ticket to explain a conventional station name printing device for an automatic ticket gate, and FIG.
A schematic diagram of a printing unit of a station name printing device of an automatic ticket gate according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of ticket printing by the station name printing device, and FIG. 4 is a circuit diagram of the station name printing device. A block diagram, FIG. 5 is a flowchart explaining the operation of the station name printing device, and FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing the printing section of the station name printing device of an automatic ticket gate according to another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of ticket printing by the same station name printing device, FIG. 8 is a circuit block diagram of the same station name printing device, and FIG. 9 is a flow diagram explaining the operation of the same station name printing device. 1, 30, 31: Stopper, 3, 32: Forward station name printing head, 4, 33: Reverse station name printing head, 34: Date printing head, 5, 35: Magnetic head, 6, 36: CPU.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. In an automatic ticket gate into which a ticket with directional characters printed in advance is inserted and a station name is printed on the ticket, the characters representing the station name are arranged so that they can be printed in two directions: forward and reverse. the two printing heads and the direction in which the ticket with the directional character is printed,
A ticket insertion direction determining means that determines the direction by reading direction information provided in advance on the ticket, and a station name is printed in the same direction as the characters previously printed on the surface of the ticket based on the determination result. A station name printing device for an automatic ticket gate, comprising: a driving means for driving a corresponding printing head. 2. The station name printing device for an automatic ticket gate according to claim 1, wherein the two printing heads are arranged to sandwich the center position of the ticket. 3. The station name printing device for an automatic ticket gate according to claim 1, wherein the two printing heads are arranged on both sides of the date printing head.